Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) has hitched his political star to the campaign to repeal the “gas tax” — a package of vehicle fees and fuel taxes that the Legislature passed earlier this year to raise $52 billion over 10 years for transportation projects. The little-known legislator...

Son: Pete Domenici, former GOP senator, has diedAs chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee beginning in 2003, it was his job to oversee part of the debate on a national energy policy, including decisions about oil and gas drilling, nuclear power ... arm while playing touch football ...09/13/2017 - 5:09 am | View Link

California’s biggest political fights these days are among – not between – Republicans and DemocratsThe intraparty clashes are “the latest chapters in an old story — the conflict of the purists and the practicals,” said Jack Pitney, a professor of politics at Claremont ... by voting to raise the state’s gas tax 12 cents a gallon as part of ...08/26/2017 - 3:11 am | View Link

Republicans are playing politics with the gas tax again. No wonder they have no power in CaliforniaAssemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) has hitched his political star to the campaign to repeal the “gas tax” — a package of vehicle fees and fuel taxes that the Legislature passed earlier this year to raise $52 billion over 10 years for ...07/17/2017 - 1:09 am | View Link

Sounding off: Western Pennsylvania's support of these Republicans is puzzlingThey bristled under the Clean Power Plan. There are many ways to meet our obligations, our shared responsibility. We can put a price on carbon dioxide. We can level the playing field for renewables. We can tax goods ... by the gas industry is fiction ...06/17/2017 - 6:54 am | View Link

Communities — Voices and InsightsFor good reason, Americans are distrustful of the consolidation of power - and it matters little whether that concentration of power occurs in government or in the ...09/25/2017 - 5:52 am | View Website

US Politics Forum » TopixPolitix has retired but we hope that the community will live on here in the Topix Politics forum. Here you can comment on political news, create threads for open ...09/25/2017 - 2:46 am | View Website